Film Index
French cinema: Romance
La Chambre verte (1978)
François Truffaut
In late 1920s France, Julien Davenne devotes his life to the memory of the dead. He writes impassioned obituaries for an obscure newspaper and has converted his house's Green Room into a mausoleum to his wife, who died ten years earlier shortly after their marriage...
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François Truffaut
Change moi ma vie (2001)
Liria Bégéja
Nina is an actress in her late forties who is struggling to find work after her return to Paris. She has spent several years in Russia with her lover, but when he left her she decided to return to France and resume her once promising career...
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Liria Bégéja
Changement d'adresse (2006)
Emmanuel Mouret
David, a young musician, arrives in Paris hoping to start a new and exciting chapter in his life. First he needs somewhere to stay and it is indeed providential that he should happen to run into someone who not only has a flat to share but also is a music lover...
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Emmanuel Mouret
Chanson d'Armor (1934)
Jean Epstein
A hopeless scholar, Jean-Marie is sent away from his Catholic boarding school and must return to the farm in the country run by his parents...
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Jean Epstein
Les Chansons d'amour (2007)
Christophe Honoré
Ismaël and Julie are a young couple living in Paris. To spice up their ailing love life, they invite another young woman, Alice, to share their bed...
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Christophe Honoré
Le Chanteur de Mexico (1956)
Richard Pottier
Monsieur Cartoni, an important impresario, is organising a lavish operetta in Mexico when he runs into serious difficulties... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Monsieur Cartoni, an important impresario, is organising a lavish operetta in Mexico when he runs into serious difficulties... [More...]
Charmant garçon (2001)
Patrick Chesnais
Octave is a 50-year-old divorcee who hangs about town with his drinking buddies Hector and Achille. Well into middle-age, it is fair to say that all three men are negotiating a mid-life crisis... [More...]
Patrick Chesnais
Octave is a 50-year-old divorcee who hangs about town with his drinking buddies Hector and Achille. Well into middle-age, it is fair to say that all three men are negotiating a mid-life crisis... [More...]
La Chartreuse de Parme (1948)
Christian-Jaque
At the beginning of the 19th Century, the Marquis Fabrice del Dongo returns to Parma, his home town, after having completed his studies in Naples... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
At the beginning of the 19th Century, the Marquis Fabrice del Dongo returns to Parma, his home town, after having completed his studies in Naples... [More...]
Le Château de verre (1950)
René Clément
Evelyne Bertal could not be happier, living the kind of life most people would envy in Berne with her devoted husband Laurent, a lawyer... [More...]
René Clément
Evelyne Bertal could not be happier, living the kind of life most people would envy in Berne with her devoted husband Laurent, a lawyer... [More...]
La Chatte (1958)
Henri Decoin
Paris during the Nazi Occupation. A patrol of German soldiers raid a house from which illicit radio transmissions are being sent... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Paris during the Nazi Occupation. A patrol of German soldiers raid a house from which illicit radio transmissions are being sent... [More...]
Chercher le garçon (2012)
Dorothée Sebbagh
Emilie is 35, lives in Marseille, and still hasn't found the man who is right for her. One New Year's Eve, she decides to take matters in hand by enrolling on an internet dating site named Meet Me... [More...]
Dorothée Sebbagh
Emilie is 35, lives in Marseille, and still hasn't found the man who is right for her. One New Year's Eve, she decides to take matters in hand by enrolling on an internet dating site named Meet Me... [More...]
Cherchez Hortense (2012)
Pascal Bonitzer
Damien, an expert in Chinese civilisation, is married to Iva, a theatre director. The passion has long since gone out of the couple's marriage and their relationship has been in a rut for many years... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
Damien, an expert in Chinese civilisation, is married to Iva, a theatre director. The passion has long since gone out of the couple's marriage and their relationship has been in a rut for many years... [More...]
Chéri (1950)
Pierre Billon
Paris, at the time of the Belle Époque... Known to his female admirers as Chéri, Fred Peloux is the son of the high-class courtesan Charlotte Peloux and spends most of his time in the company of his mother's friends, all fading prostitutes... [More...]
Pierre Billon
Paris, at the time of the Belle Époque... Known to his female admirers as Chéri, Fred Peloux is the son of the high-class courtesan Charlotte Peloux and spends most of his time in the company of his mother's friends, all fading prostitutes... [More...]
Le Chevalier de la nuit (1954)
Robert Darène
In 1884, Bella Fontanges is the most famous ballet dancer in Paris, but professional success is no substitute for love. She regrets that her lover, the nobleman Georges de Ségar, no longer shows her the tenderness that he used to when he was a young man... [More...]
Robert Darène
In 1884, Bella Fontanges is the most famous ballet dancer in Paris, but professional success is no substitute for love. She regrets that her lover, the nobleman Georges de Ségar, no longer shows her the tenderness that he used to when he was a young man... [More...]
Le Chien fou (1966)
Eddy Matalon
Late one night, a gang of Parisian thieves succeed in breaking into a safe and laying their hands on a small fortune in diamonds... [More...]
Eddy Matalon
Late one night, a gang of Parisian thieves succeed in breaking into a safe and laying their hands on a small fortune in diamonds... [More...]
La Chienne (1931)
Jean Renoir
Maurice Legrand is a middle-aged bank cashier who is unhappily married to a shrewish wife. His only pleasure in life is his hobby, oil painting... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Maurice Legrand is a middle-aged bank cashier who is unhappily married to a shrewish wife. His only pleasure in life is his hobby, oil painting... [More...]
Le Chignon d'Olga (2002)
Jérôme Bonnell
Julien and Emma are a teenage brother and sister who live in Beauce, a picturesque semi-rural region of Northern France. They are still living in the house in which they were born, along with their father Gilles, who gets by as a writer... [More...]
Jérôme Bonnell
Julien and Emma are a teenage brother and sister who live in Beauce, a picturesque semi-rural region of Northern France. They are still living in the house in which they were born, along with their father Gilles, who gets by as a writer... [More...]
Choses secrètes (2002)
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Sandrine and Nathalie decide to embark on a campaign of revenge against the male sex after losing their jobs in a pornographic nightclub... [More...]
Jean-Claude Brisseau
Sandrine and Nathalie decide to embark on a campaign of revenge against the male sex after losing their jobs in a pornographic nightclub... [More...]
Christine (1958)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Vienna, 1906. Franz Lobheiner is a dashing young lieutenant in the Austrian army who has been carrying on a clandestine love affair with the Baroness Lena Eggersdorf without her husband knowing... [More...]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Vienna, 1906. Franz Lobheiner is a dashing young lieutenant in the Austrian army who has been carrying on a clandestine love affair with the Baroness Lena Eggersdorf without her husband knowing... [More...]
Le Chrysanthème rouge (1912)
Léonce Perret
A young woman is courted by two men who are prepared to do anything to win her hand in marriage. Unable to decide between the two men, the woman sets them a challenge: she will surrender her heart to the man who gives to her the flower that she treasures the most... [More...]
Léonce Perret
A young woman is courted by two men who are prepared to do anything to win her hand in marriage. Unable to decide between the two men, the woman sets them a challenge: she will surrender her heart to the man who gives to her the flower that she treasures the most... [More...]
La Cigarette (1919)
Germaine Dulac
The mummy of an ancient Egyptian princess is the latest addition to a museum of oriental art curated by the esteemed academic Pierre Guérande... [More...]
Germaine Dulac
The mummy of an ancient Egyptian princess is the latest addition to a museum of oriental art curated by the esteemed academic Pierre Guérande... [More...]
Circulez y'a rien à voir (1983)
Patrice Leconte
Inspector Leroux and his colleague Pelissier are investigating a petty theft when they encounter the wealthy and elegant art dealer, Helene Duvernet... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Inspector Leroux and his colleague Pelissier are investigating a petty theft when they encounter the wealthy and elegant art dealer, Helene Duvernet... [More...]
Clair de femme (1979)
Costa-Gavras
Michel finds himself at a loose end, walking the streets one night as his wife lies slowly dying from an incurable malady... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Michel finds himself at a loose end, walking the streets one night as his wife lies slowly dying from an incurable malady... [More...]
Clara et les chics types (1981)
Jacques Monnet
Six friends from Grenoble with a shared love of music have formed a rock band called Les Why Notes. Bertrand, Mickey, Frédéric, Charles, Aimée and Louise are all in their late twenties but seem reluctant or incapable of putting their adolescence behind them... [More...]
Jacques Monnet
Six friends from Grenoble with a shared love of music have formed a rock band called Les Why Notes. Bertrand, Mickey, Frédéric, Charles, Aimée and Louise are all in their late twenties but seem reluctant or incapable of putting their adolescence behind them... [More...]
Clara et moi (2004)
Arnaud Viard
Antoine is 33, a struggling actor living in Paris. Outwardly, he appears happy and satisfied with his life; inwardly, he is tortured by solitude... [More...]
Arnaud Viard
Antoine is 33, a struggling actor living in Paris. Outwardly, he appears happy and satisfied with his life; inwardly, he is tortured by solitude... [More...]
Claudine à l'école (1937)
Serge de Poligny
Neglected by her father and robbed of her mother, Claudine grows up to be an independently minded young lady at her girls' school in the country... [More...]
Serge de Poligny
Neglected by her father and robbed of her mother, Claudine grows up to be an independently minded young lady at her girls' school in the country... [More...]
La Clé sur la porte (1978)
Yves Boisset
Marie is a progressive teacher in a French high school. Since her husband left her to start a new life in Canada, she has had to bring up her three children alone... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Marie is a progressive teacher in a French high school. Since her husband left her to start a new life in Canada, she has had to bring up her three children alone... [More...]
Cliente (2008)
Josiane Balasko
50-something Judith is the host of a popular television shopping programme. After her divorce, she lives with her sister and closest confidante, Irène... [More...]
Josiane Balasko
50-something Judith is the host of a popular television shopping programme. After her divorce, she lives with her sister and closest confidante, Irène... [More...]
Clubbed to Death (Lola) (1996)
Yolande Zauberman
Lola, a young woman in her early twenties, takes a daytrip to Paris from her home in the provinces but ends up missing the last bus home... [More...]
Yolande Zauberman
Lola, a young woman in her early twenties, takes a daytrip to Paris from her home in the provinces but ends up missing the last bus home... [More...]
Coco avant Chanel (2009)
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]